Marine fungi: Forgotten ferocious feedersI will refrain from complaining about the weather; you have probably heard enough of that lately. Standing in the pouring rain I was talking to a woman the other day. She said that with all the rain she was beginning to feel like a mushroom. What a delightfully optimistic point of view. A mushroom would probably appreciate the ongoing precipitation. Mushrooms are a group within the kingdom of the fungi. While we t...

Teeing Off: Gizmo likes the HawksTuesday was my birthday. I spent most of the day celebrating on the couch with Gizmo. Believe it or not, the pooch has a very comforting face when you are down and out with a cough. After watching a few episodes of “Seinfeld,” Gizzy insisted I turn the channel. Who knew he wasn’t a Cosmo Kramer fan. It didn’t take us long to settle on the NFL Network, where a Game Rewind Seattle marathon was airing. For those not ...

Home finale for girlsIt’s only the middle of January, but Kodiak’s girls are playing at home for the final time this season. The Bears host Palmer today and Saturday in a pair of Northern Lights Conference games. Today’s game begins at 7 p.m., while Saturday’s tips at 6 p.m. Kodiak enters with a 16-game winning streak over NLC competition, a streak dating back to last season. The Bears did see their 12-game home winning streak come to...

Kodiak boys fall to West AnchorageIn last year’s 4A state basketball tournament, Kodiak nearly upset top-seeded West Anchorage in the opening-round. There was no scare of an upset Thursday in the opening-round of the Alaska Airlines Classic. Playing in front of its student body, West Anchorage scored a 77-25 victory over Kodiak, advancing to the semifinals of its own tournament. Kodiak dropped to 2-8 on the season and faces another tough opponent ...

Wrestlers head to DimondKodiak High School wrestling heads to the Glen Vandergaw Invitational hoping to build on the momentum gained from last weekend. The Bears produced one of their best showings of the season at the John Tobin Invitational in Fairbanks by placing four wrestlers in the finals — three walked away as champions. Not bad considering only five wrestlers made the trip. “We brought only a handful of kids up there, of course i...

Kodiak rape suspect pleads guilty to coercion and attempted assault A Kodiak man accused of rape has pleaded guilty to coercion and attempted assault in the first degree, avoiding trial and sidestepping the possibility that the sexual-assault victim might be required to testify in public, District Attorney Steve Wallace said Wednesday. As a result of the deal, Robert Zoellner Jr., 32, will be sentenced on April 27. He faces up to 15 years in prison, to be served consecutively, wit...

Alaska breweries rising to the top of competition Alaskans like to work hard and play hard — and sometimes there is a market waiting to be tapped where the two overlap. Case in point, Alaska’s thriving small brewing scene: a great example of Alaskan small business success. One of the little known facts about our state’s economic picture is that we currently have 22 licensed breweries making high-quality craft beer, from Sitka to Silver Gulch and I understand ther...